Nutrition

Dr John Forster, a US consultant looks at whether seaweeds could be used in aquaculture feeds.

With increasing feed prices, researchers are looking at alternative diets for shrimp, says Dr D. Allen Davis from the University of Auburn, Australia.

Feed grain production for 2010/11 is estimated at 330.0 million tons, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Lower forecast corn yields this month reduce U.S. corn production 124 million bushels to 12.54 billion, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Dr Wade Watanabe and Dr Md Shah Alam, scientists at the University of North Carolina Wilmington-Center for Marine Science (UNCW-CMS) are developing alternative plant protein based practical diets for the culture of black sea bass, Centropristisstriata.

Protein meal should be allowed back into animal feeds to improve the financial returns on animal by-products in the UK, writes TheFishSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Research by Dr Fredric Barrowsand Dr Jeffrey Silverstein, from the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service looks at alternative diets for the future of trout.

This report, The Future of Aquafeeds provides a comprehensive view on the current state of knowledge and the challenges and opportunities associated with development of various alternative aquaculture feeds. It was prepared by Michael B. Rust, Fredric T. Barro…

Global coarse grain production for 2010/11 is projected to fall 3.6 million tons this month to 1,085.2 million, according to Allen Baker, Edward Allen,Heather Lutman and Yonas Hamda in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

The trends in the use of aquafeeds, both farm-made and manufactured commercial feeds, are discussed in Section 2.3.

Production has decreased for sorghum, barley, and oats, according to the USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS).